Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. The news media swoons in admiration — one simpering anchorman even shouts at a reporter who asks a tough question: “Why don’t you show some respect?!” The public is likewise smitten, except for a few nut cases who circulate batty rumors on the Internet about the leader’s origins and intentions. The leader, undismayed, offers assurances that are soothing, if also just a tiny bit condescending: “Embracing change is never easy.”
So, does that sound like anyone you know? Oh, wait — did I mention the leader is secretly a totalitarian space lizard who’s come here to eat us?
Welcome to ABC’s “V,” the most fascinating and bound to be the most controversial new show of the fall television season. Nominally a rousing sci-fi space opera about alien invaders bent on the conquest (and digestion) of all humanity, it’s also a barbed commentary on Obamamania that will infuriate the president’s supporters and delight his detractors. With or without the political sheen, “V” is sweeping television storytelling at its best. Whether you choose to view it as a blood-and-guts war story, a spy thriller (unlike the original show, these V’s are perfect replicas of humans, so you never really know who might be sitting beside you at the bar).
You Will Obey!!!
Ah, little pedro again, still projecting I see.
The premise of “V” was always silly. If some alien race has the technology to come to our planet and blend in perfectly, they would also have the technology to overwhelm ours and outright take over.
Of course little school boys will still get their knickers in a knot discussing who is an alien and who is human. Of course today, we have DNA testing which wasn’t available in the early ’80s.
I don’t know that he has the cerebral rocks to be one of the hidden superior alien types. BUT, for the ones who pull his strings?
“chuck said,
I, for one, welcome our new space-lizard overlords.”
Did i say overlords? I meant protectors.
Morena Baccarin is HOT. Who cares about the rest of it?
The television drama is riding the coattails of free publicity like this post and laughing about it all the way to the bank.
Politics and theatre have been interwined since ancient Greece. It’s healthy for a society to examine itself through satire and theatre. It’s good for Democracies to examine their own positives and negatives. It may even help to de-polarize our societies.
@#19 Phydeau
> Wingnuts and other Republicans have already shown their willingness to base their lives on fiction *cough* 24 *cough*
You’re forgetting Atlas Shrugged.
As mentioned here, this is a remake, but apparently holds the same message… Maybe they already knew about the Obama plot to become president back in the 80′s? That makes sense, it would jibe with the whole birth certificate story, right? Aha!
Gotta love conspiracies. Always some point just waiting for a proof.
Mediocre formula script, casting matches the script.
Recorded it. Watching – I skipped about a third.
Won’t waste time watching it, again.
Oh. The politics up top? Absurd.
I totally forgot what the show was about once I saw Morena Baccarin’s legs. Something about spaceships I think.
#21 I really don’t know how can you even seek “projection” as your defense. I’m no demagogue nor repugblican puppy. You on the other hand, are.
I kind of look like that photoshop picture
when I sleep with my head pressed into the quilt.
#28 LOL arpie, you’re right, I forgot Atlas Shrugged.
I found this photo, looks like a hint.
http://i34.tinypic.com/15iafth.jpg
It’s communism all the way.
Where do you think “Dawn of a New Day” comes from? The sunrise on Obama’s logo and the Visitors are handing out pamphlets with “Dawn of a New Day” and they said it while toasting. What difference does it make? Republicans are Nazis and Democrats are communists, so we take it up the backside from whichever one happens to end up on top.
YOU WILL OBEY!!!
“The television drama is riding the coattails of free publicity like this post and laughing about it all the way to the bank.”
You are correct sir, but if it’s a dog all the pub in the world won’t help it.